The tennis-pro protagonist of Woody Allen's "Match Point" recommends it (watch below). And the Australian Open, which starts January 14, has long been considered a good place to get lucky -- and we're not just talking about the post-match party scene. Melbourne has seen nine one-Slam wonders since the beginning of the Open era: Mark Edmondson, Roscoe Tanner, Vitas Gerulaitis, Brian Teacher, Petr Korda and Thomas Johansson for the men; Kerry Reid, Chris O'Neil and Barbara Jordan for the women. (We're not going to call 23-year-old Victoria Azarenka a one-Slam wonder.)

The underdogs have inevitably fallen short since the men's Big 4 (and now the women's Big 3) arrived, but recent runs to the final by Marcos Baghdatis, Fernando Gonzales and Jo-Wilfried Tsongas have kept hope alive for Cinderella fans. In just over a week, a couple hundred players not named Federer or Djokovic or Williams will take to the courts with dreams of reinforcing the Oz Open's rep as a place for surprises. Are you ready?

By the way: despite its reputation, the Australian Open isn't the Worldwide Headquarters for one-Slam wonders. Since it launched in 1968, the French Open has crowned 15 first-timers -- nine men and six women -- who never won another Slam. (And we're not even counting Ana Ivanovic and Li Na, seeing as they both have reasonably legitimate shots at adding to their Grand Slam C.V.s)